Acts 7:9-23
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9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
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10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
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11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
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12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
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13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
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14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
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15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
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17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
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19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
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20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
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21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
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22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
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23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.